Billboards are popping up around Portland featuring attractive women holding forestry tools. They don’t exactly say “soccer,” but they’re sure to be effective generating more buzz for a team that might not need it. …

In the second stage of the Major League Soccer re-entry draft, the Sounders selected Philadelphia Union goalkeeper Chris Seitz with the ninth pick, After signing him to a contract, the team traded him to FC Dallas for a fourth round draft pick in 2012. …